TY - JOUR
T1 - Common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm after neck dissection
T2 - Colour Doppler ultrasound and multidetector computed tomography findings
AU - Flor, N.
AU - Sardanelli, F.
AU - Ghilardi, G.
AU - Tentori, A.
AU - Franceschelli, G.
AU - Felisati, G.
AU - Cornalba, G. P.
PY - 2007/5
Y1 - 2007/5
N2 - Common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare disease, which has been previously unreported in association with neck dissection. We describe the Doppler ultrasound and multidetector computed tomography (CT) findings of a case of carotid pseudoaneurysm, one month after pharyngolaryngectomy with bilateral neck dissection. Multidetector CT confirmed the diagnosis made on the basis of Doppler ultrasound; the high image quality of axial and three-dimensional reconstructions avoided the need for pre-operative conventional angiography. In the presence of a pulsatile cervical mass after neck surgery, pseudoaneurysm of the carotid artery should be included in the differential diagnosis, and multidetector CT can be the sole pre-operative diagnostic imaging modality.
AB - Common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare disease, which has been previously unreported in association with neck dissection. We describe the Doppler ultrasound and multidetector computed tomography (CT) findings of a case of carotid pseudoaneurysm, one month after pharyngolaryngectomy with bilateral neck dissection. Multidetector CT confirmed the diagnosis made on the basis of Doppler ultrasound; the high image quality of axial and three-dimensional reconstructions avoided the need for pre-operative conventional angiography. In the presence of a pulsatile cervical mass after neck surgery, pseudoaneurysm of the carotid artery should be included in the differential diagnosis, and multidetector CT can be the sole pre-operative diagnostic imaging modality.
KW - Colour Doppler Ultrasonography
KW - Computed Tomography
KW - False Aneurysm
KW - Internal Carotid Artery
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U2 - 10.1017/S0022215106005342
DO - 10.1017/S0022215106005342
M3 - Article
C2 - 17140463
AN - SCOPUS:34249671143
VL - 121
SP - 497
EP - 500
JO - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
JF - Journal of Laryngology and Otology
SN - 0022-2151
IS - 5
ER -